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<title><![CDATA[Morganton.com: Columnist Roy Waters]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Roy Chester - one of Oak Hill's best]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/nov/17/roy-chester---one-oak-hills-best/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In every profession there are competitors we wish were on our side. This was especially true in my coaching days.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:22:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Salem fan Clarence Clark]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/nov/03/salem-fan-clarence-clark/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[We lost one of our biggest basketball fans from my coaching days at Salem last week when Clarence Clark passed away. Clarence took a special liking to our 1964 team as did many others, and for good reason.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:36:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Drexel's Earl Lingerfelt]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/oct/20/drexels-earl-lingerfelt/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Last Monday's Charlotte Observer had a great front-page story about a Gaston County high school coach and one of his star athletes in the 1970s.

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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:58:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dana Rader - new LPGA president]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/oct/13/dana-rader---new-lpga-president/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Burke County had a first recently when one of our native athletes was elected to the highest office of their professional organization.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Matt Briggs--Toronto Scout of the Year]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/oct/06/matt-briggs--toronto-scout-year/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[One of our former Burke County athletes has been chosen Scout of the Year for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball organization.

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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:05:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Morganton Rec's state champion softballers]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/sep/29/morganton-recs-state-champion-softballers/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The resurgence of girls softball in our community has been welcomed as just a few years ago our teams were at the bottom of their conference nearly every year. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:36:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Attaways - A baseball family]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/sep/08/attaways---baseball-family/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Mark Attaway described it as a "wonderful ride" and his family agreed completely.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:06:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberty National Golf Course makes debut]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/25/liberty-national-golf-course-makes-debut/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[If you like golf you'll want to watch this week's tournament on the PGA tour. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:42:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Remembering Payne Stewart and meeting Y.E. Yang]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/18/remembering-payne-stewart-and-meeting-ye-yang/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[This the 10th anniversary of Payne Stewart's tragic death in a plane crash. I remember him winning his first big tournament in 1991 on the same Hazeltine course that hosted last week's PGA Championship. He beat Scott Simpson in a 18-hole playoff for the U.S. Open title.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:36:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pro golf - sports No. 1 giver]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/11/pro-golf---sports-no-1-giver/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In professional sports, there's nothing like the game of golf for giving back and this season, the PGA (Professional Golf Association) reached quite a milestone.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harvey Daw's 40-plus years in sports]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/04/harvey-daws-40-plus-years-sports/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Harvey Daw's love affair with sports started as a youngster in his native Kinston with baseball.

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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dreams do come true]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/28/dreams-do-come-true/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The dream of every golf-club pro is to own his or her own golf course. That dream came true recently for Silver Creek pro Tim Smith.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:39:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What might have been]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/21/what-might-have-been/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I doubt if there has ever been a moment in sports when as many fans were pulling for someone as there were Sunday at the British Open golf tournament.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:08:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A name from the past]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/14/name-past/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago, Wilton Daves and I attended the Patton versus Hibriten baseball game in Lenoir. We walked up to the concession stand and as we turned away, a couple of  different people spoke to us and we became separated by a few steps.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:16:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The years do take their toll]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/07/years-do-take-their-toll/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The Glen Alpine community lost two more members of its championship high school basketball team of 1951 with the recent deaths of Dr. John Giles and Eddie Epley.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:56:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Diamond records]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jun/23/diamond-records/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Last week, I mentioned that baseball was the only professional sport in this country for nearly 100 years and in that time many fans developed a love for the game's statistics.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:42:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The climax to a great run by Patton baseball]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jun/09/climax-great-run-patton-baseball/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[When our Morganton All-Stars made it to the Little League World Series in 2004, I wrote a column asking everyone not to put unrealistic expectations on these 11 and 12 year olds in the future.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:44:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Honors for Henson]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/may/19/honors-henson/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Glen Alpine native Clay Henson continues to pile up honors at Guilford College.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 May 2009 22:34:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A local golfer's dream come true]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/apr/14/local-golfers-dream-come-true/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Mitchell McGlamery turned a recruiting trip into every golfer's dream last week — a day at the Masters. He and his dad visited the University of South Carolina at Aiken on Thursday and  on Friday took in the year's first major golf tournament, thanks to local businessman Frank Sprinkle.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:27:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Masters]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/apr/07/072037/masters/sports/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Two of sports most popular events share the limelight this week: The NCAA basketball finals and the Masters golf tournament.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:37:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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